installing from floppy
The handbook doesn't speak much of install methods other than
"Installation from CD" (chapter 2).
For hardware that doesn't do PXE by itself, a grub floppy lets you boot
off a tftp-serving dfly system, like the upcoming pxe-savvy installer
CD.
Rahul's DIY link:
http://www.openbg.net/sto/os/xml/netboot.html
mentioned here:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2004-01/msg00272.html
Another resource -- the online boot-disk creator:
http://i30www.ira.uka.de/~ud3/mkgrubdisk/
I think this fits best in chapter 2, though it's also relevant to 19.7
"Diskless Operation".
There's also 12-3. "A Script for Creating a Bootable Floppy":
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~justin/handbook/backup-basics.html#AEN14601
While it probably works for anyone with experience, it's just a rescue
disk (as advertised) and not an installer.
Perhaps it's best to wait for the pxe-serving Installer before updating
the Handbook.
(Feedback? Thumbs up/down?)
/Jonas Sundstr闣. www.kirilla.com
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